Candle by Gerhard Richter
Visited Tate Modern at the weekend to see the Gerhard Richter show before it closes next weekend. Although I’ve seen many of his paintings over the years this was the first time I’ve seen anything approaching the scale of a retrospective.
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This time-lapse photography from the ISS is quite stunning. Maybe I’ll start saving up for one of those space flights.
The Good, The bad and the Queen, courtesy of wheelzwheeler on Flickr
I think that The Good, The Bad and the Queen album is my favourite of the last decade but I thought my chance of seeing it performed may have passed so I was all over it when the tickets were released for this gig at the Coronet.
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Is Apple a 'Digital Vampire'?
Apple a ‘digital vampire’ says Pete Townshend
The Who’s Pete Townshend has taken Apple to task in a strongly worded attack at the 2011 Radio Festival in Salford.
The legendary songwriter and guitarist called on the company, who run digital music retailing giant iTunes, to take more responsibility for developing artists, referring to the computer giants as ‘digital vampires’.
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Union Jack, rainbow style
Chapeau to Mark Cavendish and the British Cycling team for a remarkable win at the World Road Race Championship. It’s been described as the perfect team performance but I’d disagree, the kit they were wearing was an absolute abomination.
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Hero and Leandro
I can’t believe it was my first ever visit to the Dulwich Picture Gallery, especially as I live a short distance away, but I went to see ‘Twombly and Poussin: Arcadian Painters’ yesterday. It’s a lovely gallery and I really enjoyed seeing the Cy Twombly pictures in the show, the last exhibition of his work before his recent death.
They also have a stunning Rembrandt, I’m always surprised by how good Rembrandt is whenever I see his work.
Team Sky at the front
I’ve had a Nikon 70-300 zoom lens for some time but it’s not fully compatible with my camera so I bought a new Nikon AF-S VR 70-300 lens last week and decided to hit up the Tour of Britain in London to give it a try out.
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Thomas Struth Photo detail
Managed to see the Thomas Struth exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery at the weekend and was incredibly impressed. I like the work of many contemporary German photographers from Bernd and Hilla Becher onwards although I have to say I think some of Andreas Gursky’s work is becoming a little over produced and, as a result, a bit saccharine.
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Chris Froome crossing the line
The victory for Chris Froome over Juan José Cobo at the Vuelta today has to be one of the most dramatic and exciting finishes I’ve ever seen in a sporting event.
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Mark Cavendish winning on the Champs-Elysees
What a great race this years Tour De France turned out to be, going right down to the wire on the penultimate days time trial with Cadel Evans putting in a storming effort to take the mailot jaune ahead of the Schleck brothers.
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